I wish I had a better-paid job. Is this written in PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS? No -ing , no continuous. I don't see a single -ing in the whole sentence. CJ

Had is a past subjunctive in your sentence. For a continuous or progressive tense as they are also called, you always need the present participle, i.e. a verb ending ing: I am hav ing dinner at the moment. He was read ing a book when I called

I wish I had a better-paid job. Is this written in PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS? MATT

Hi, This is a present perfect passive construction, much like "he has been promoted to a store manager recently". But some would consider verbs like "married, interested, tired and pleased etc.." a particple adjective. A

Hi, This is a present perfect passive construction, much like "he has been promoted to a store manager recently". But some would consider verbs like "married, interested, tired and pleased etc.." a particple adjective. A

sentence number one "who broke the window" contains a primary form of a verb, the preterite "broke". The second sentence contains a secondary form, the past participle "broken", plus the auxiliary "have".

She has been married for one year. Is this, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS or, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS? MATT

"Who broke the window?" probably puts the action further in the past. If you come home from work and see a broken window, you would probably ask: What happened? Who broke it? On the other hand, if you are sitting on the sofa and you hear

Hi Alex, A warm welcome from one newby to another! With your question, I would say most people would just use simple past; simply, the window has already been broken. The act of breaking is done. I believe present perfect is an overkill.

From where I stand, I see these 2 sentences in tense disagreement without additional context to support them. The first implies that Tony may no longer know the City. For the second one, It makes more sense to say: "Tony knows